1982 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Record: 6-3-0, 2nd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (6-3-0)

Points For: 226 (25.1/g) 5th of 28

Points Against: 145 (16.1/g) 3rd of 28

SRS: 8.22 (3rd of 28), SOS: -0.78

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 30-17 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Won Divisional Round 37-26 vs. Green Bay Packers
Lost Conference Championship 17-31 vs. Washington Redskins

Defensive Coordinator: Ernie Stautner

Other Notable Asst.: Neill Armstrong (Quality Control), John Mackovic (Quarterbacks), Jim Myers (Assistant Head Coach/OL), Dick Nolan (Receivers) and Gene Stallings (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +400

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	226	3199	579	5.5	26	12	180	160	258	1886	16	14	6.7	99	296	1313	10	4.4	70	42	304	11
Opp. Stats	145	2753	581	4.7	25	10	162	152	289	1742	10	15	5.4	95	260	1011	5	3.9	56	52	431	11
Lg Rank Offense	5	5			23	26	6		23	9	4	18	4		9	5	10	1
Lg Rank Defense	3	11			7	11	9		18	11	8	7	9		9	13	2	17

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Mon	September 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	28	36	28	436	341	95	4	23	388	241	147	1	10.21	-16.79	6.05
2	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	24	7	19	379	246	133	2	19	311	249	62	1	6.01	8.94	0.98
11	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	9	13	185	107	78	1	21	382	247	135	1	-0.69	-3.63	9.06
12	Thu	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Cleveland Browns	31	14	27	496	197	299	4	17	280	198	82	5	0.28	22.88	-10.72
13	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Washington Redskins	24	10	22	362	202	160	2	15	275	209	66	3	6.75	9.70	-2.51
14	Mon	December 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1	@	Houston Oilers	37	7	20	416	295	121	2	10	199	160	39	3	7.80	29.38	-5.96
15	Sun	December 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1		New Orleans Saints	21	7	16	316	195	121	5	18	301	63	238	4	-4.67	18.79	0.41
16	Sun	December 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2		Philadelphia Eagles	20	24	17	245	136	109	4	16	236	153	83	4	-20.53	12.85	3.46
17	Mon	January 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	27	31	18	364	167	197	2	23	381	222	159	3	-10.08	-0.26	3.16
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	January 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	30	17	29	456	277	179	3	8	218	113	105	3	-1.33	18.08	-2.43
Division	Sun	January 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Green Bay Packers	37	26	24	375	266	109	2	21	466	308	158	5	-1.28	-0.04	10.22
Conf. Champ.	Sat	January 22	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Washington Redskins	17	31	21	340	275	65	3	18	260	123	137		-2.88	-0.48	-7.51

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	Awards
1	Danny White	30	QB	9	9	6-3-0	156	247	63.2	2079	16	6.5	12	4.9	95	47.1	49	8.4	7.5	13.3	231.0	91.1	25	264	9.19	6.67	5.9	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-4
2	Gary Hogeboom	24	QB	4	0		3	8	37.5	45	0	0.0	1	12.5	2	37.5	26	5.6	0.0	15.0	11.3	17.2	0	0	0.00	5.63	0.0
3	Drew Pearson	31	WR	9	8		1	2	50.0	26	0	0.0	1	50.0	1	50.0	26	13.0	-9.5	26.0	2.9	56.2	0	0	0.00	13.00	-9.5
4	Tony Dorsett	28	RB	9	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			9	9	6-3-0	160	258	62.0	1886	16	6.2	14	5.4	98	46.6	49	8.3	7.1	13.4	209.6	86.5	25	264	8.83	6.66	5.57

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Danny White	30	QB	3	3	2-1-0	59	96	61.5	650	3	3.1	3	3.1	38	49.5	35	6.8	6.0	11.0	216.7	78.9	7	55	6.80	5.78	5.0
2	Gary Hogeboom	24	QB	1	0		14	29	48.3	162	2	6.9	2	6.9	12	44.8	23	5.6	3.9	11.6	162.0	59.8	0	0	0.00	5.59	3.9
3	Drew Pearson	31	WR	1	1		1	1	100.0	49	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	49	49.0	49.0	49.0	49.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	49.00	49.0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	74	126	58.7	818	5	4.0	5	4.0	51	48.9	49	6.3	5.8	11.6	272.7	67.9	7	55	5.26	6.25	5.11

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	28	RB	9	9	177	745	5	41	49.7	99	4.2	82.8	19.7	32	24	179	7.5	0	8	46.9	18	2.7	19.9	75.0	5.6	201	4.6	924	5	6	PB,AP-2
2	Tony Hill	26	WR	9	8	1	22	0	1	100.0	22	22.0	2.4	0.1	57	35	526	15.0	1	23	52.6	47	3.9	58.4	61.4	9.2	36	15.2	548	1	0
3	Doug Cosbie	26	TE	9	9	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0.1	41	30	441	14.7	4	24	73.2	45	3.3	49.0	73.2	10.8	31	14.2	439	4	0
4	Ron Springs	26	FB	9	9	59	243	2	12	55.9	46	4.1	27.0	6.6	27	17	163	9.6	2	6	40.7	34	1.9	18.1	63.0	6.0	76	5.3	406	4	3
5	Drew Pearson	31	WR	9	8	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	46	26	382	14.7	3	19	50.0	48	2.9	42.4	56.5	8.3	26	14.7	382	3	0
6	Butch Johnson	28	WR	9	1	1	9	0	0	100.0	9	9.0	1.0	0.1	24	12	269	22.4	3	10	41.7	49	1.3	29.9	50.0	11.2	13	21.4	278	3	0
7	Timmy Newsome	24	RB	9	0	15	98	1	2	53.3	25	6.5	10.9	1.7	8	6	118	19.7	1	4	62.5	46	0.7	13.1	75.0	14.8	21	10.3	216	2	1
8	Danny White	30	QB	9	9	17	91	0	6	35.3	21	5.4	10.1	1.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			17	5.4	91	0	10	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-4
9	Robert Newhouse	32	RB	9	0	14	79	1	7	71.4	27	5.6	8.8	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			14	5.6	79	1	0
10	Billy Joe DuPree	32	TE	9	1	1	6	1	1	100.0	6	6.0	0.7	0.1	11	7	41	5.9	2	3	54.5	12	0.8	4.6	63.6	3.7	8	5.9	47	3	0
11	Doug Donley	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	23	11.5	0	1	33.3	12	0.3	3.8	66.7	7.7	2	11.5	23	0	2
12	George Peoples	22	RB	8	0	7	22	0	2	57.1	7	3.1	2.8	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			7	3.1	22	0	0
13	Jay Saldi	28	TE	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	8	0.2	1.6	100.0	8.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
14	Gary Hogeboom	24	QB	4	0	3	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	0.0	0	0	2
	Team Totals			9	9	296	1313	10	72	51.4	99	4.4	145.9	32.9	250	160	2150	13.4	16	98	52.4	49	17.8	238.9	64.0	8.6	456	7.6	3463	26	24

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	28	RB	3	3	68	266	0	10	44.1	22	3.9	88.7	22.7	13	7	52	7.4	0	2	23.1	25	2.3	17.3	53.8	4.0	75	4.2	318	0	2
2	Tony Hill	26	WR	3	3	1	-6	0	0	0.0	-6	-6.0	-2.0	0.3	31	16	246	15.4	0	15	51.6	49	5.3	82.0	51.6	7.9	17	14.1	240	0	0
3	Drew Pearson	31	WR	3	3	2	3	0	0	50.0	4	1.5	1.0	0.7	22	13	153	11.8	1	10	50.0	35	4.3	51.0	59.1	7.0	15	10.4	156	1	0
4	Butch Johnson	28	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	9	149	16.6	1	8	60.0	26	3.0	49.7	60.0	9.9	9	16.6	149	1	0
5	Timmy Newsome	24	RB	3	0	1	2	1	1	100.0	2	2.0	0.7	0.3	17	12	108	9.0	1	5	58.8	21	4.0	36.0	70.6	6.4	13	8.5	110	2	0
6	Doug Cosbie	26	TE	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	9	94	10.4	1	7	60.0	19	3.0	31.3	60.0	6.3	9	10.4	94	1	0
7	Ron Springs	26	FB	2	2	11	39	0	4	63.6	12	3.5	19.5	5.5	5	3	16	5.3	1	2	60.0	7	1.5	8.0	60.0	3.2	14	3.9	55	1	0
8	Robert Newhouse	32	RB	2	1	12	30	1	5	50.0	5	2.5	15.0	6.0	1	1	11	11.0	0	1	100.0	11	0.5	5.5	100.0	11.0	13	3.2	41	1	0
9	Billy Joe DuPree	32	TE	3	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.3	0.3	5	4	32	8.0	0	1	60.0	11	1.3	10.7	80.0	6.4	5	6.6	33	0	0
10	Doug Donley	23	WR	2	0	1	25	0	1	100.0	25	25.0	12.5	0.5	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	25.0	25	0	0
11	Danny White	30	QB	1	1	4	-7	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.8	-7.0	4.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	-1.8	-7	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	101	353	2	21	45.5	25	3.5	117.7	34.0	125	74	861	11.6	5	51	52.0	49	24.7	287.0	59.2	6.9	175	6.9	1214	7	2

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Benny Barnes	31	SS	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Breunig	29	MLB	9	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	PB
3	Jim Cooper	27	RT	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Tony Dorsett	28	RB	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Michael Downs	23	FS	9	9	1	22	0	22	0	0	3	87	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
6	John Dutton	31	LDT	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
7	Mike Hegman	29	LLB	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
8	Too Tall Jones	31	LDE	9	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Harvey Martin	32	RDE	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	AP-2,AP DPoY-9
10	Kurt Petersen	25	RG	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Tom Rafferty	28	C	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Ron Springs	26	FB	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Dennis Thurman	26	RCB	9	9	3	75	1	60	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Everson Walls	23	LCB	9	9	7	61	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-5
15	Danny White	30	QB	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-4
16	Randy White	29	RDT	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-2
17	Anthony Dickerson	25	LB	9	1	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
18	Herbert Scott	29	G	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Larry Bethea	26	DT	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
20	Dextor Clinkscale	24	DB	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
21	Doug Donley	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Ron Fellows	24	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Rod Hill	23	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Gary Hogeboom	24	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Monty Hunter	23	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
26	Timmy Newsome	24	RB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	George Peoples	22	RB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Don Smerek	25	DT	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			9	9	15	163	1	60	11	29	26	87	1	32.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	28	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Mike Hegman	29	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0	0
3	Dennis Thurman	26	RCB	2	2	4	58	1	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Randy White	29	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
5	Doug Cosbie	26	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Too Tall Jones	31	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Don Smerek	25	DT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
8	Danny White	30	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Dextor Clinkscale	24	DB	1	0	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Anthony Dickerson	25	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
11	Rod Hill	23	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Monty Hunter	23	DB	1	0	1	19	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Jeff Rohrer	24	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	6	88	2	39	0	1	4	3	0	0	7.0	0	0

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